Page 187 of Creep

His smile widened, and I imagined plunging my knife into him over and over again, ensuring it would hurt right before he took his last breath. He was damn lucky he wasn’t who I was after.

I walked away first, leaving the head there for him to deal with. Even if they decided to leave it there, there was nothing that could tie me to it anyhow.

I made the small walk out of there and to where Theo was parked, hidden from view. He had insisted on coming along in case I needed backup.

“What happened?” he asked when I entered the car and closed the door behind me.

“He wants a few favors.”

Theo didn’t say anything for a beat. Then, “We never thought this was going to be easy.”

I nodded. “I know. I just didn’t realize how annoying it was going to be.”

“So what are you going to do?”

“See what thesefavorsare that he wants and do them. We’ve come this far. No point in turning back around now.”

“We always have a choice to turn back around.”

“What about all those women you insist on me saving?”

Theo was quiet. I let out a small sigh. “Yeah. We can’t walk away. You would be thinking about that for the rest of your life. Sometimes, being soft will get you killed.”

Theo shrugged. “You would never let that happen.”

Damn right, I would never let that happen, but fuck if I didn’t wish he wasn’t so soft.

“Let’s go,” I said.

Theo nodded and pulled the car out, driving away.

* * *

I came home to Lia.

I didn’t know when Tacchini would be calling in his “little favors,” so for now, I was going to spend as much time with my girl as possible.

When I entered the apartment, she was sitting on the couch with a laptop in front of her. I walked over and saw she had a movie on. I playfully poked her. “What are you doing?”

“What does it look like I’m doing?” she said sourly. “I’m watching a movie.”

“I can see that.” I paused the movie and pulled the laptop away from her, setting it down on the coffee table. She narrowed her eyes before bringing her gaze back to me. She did not look happy with me. I held in a smile. I could guess why.

“Go away. You’re annoying me,” she grumbled.

I let out a small chuckle. “I just got here.”

“I’ve been annoyed.”

I crouched down so that we were at eye level with each other. “What’s got my girl so annoyed?”

She crossed her arms over her chest. “You know what.”

I did.

I came inside her. And if she was waiting for an apology from me over that, she would be waiting forever. I sat on the floor and reached over, hauling her with me and seating her on my lap.

She let out a squeal in surprise over the sudden move, and I grabbed her hips, pushing her down until she could feel my hard-on pressed up against her. She gasped, her nails digging inside my biceps.

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